Specialist Corporate and Commercial Lawyers
How we can help
- Advising on termination of employment
- Advising on redundancies
- Advising on and acting in unfair dismissal claims
- Advising on and acting in general protections claims in both the Fair Work Commission and the Federal Court
- Advising on performance management and bullying allegations and complaints
- Advising on and assisting in workplace investigations
Expertise
Workplace disputes are often a highly emotive area for both employers and employees and, if not managed well, can be very detrimental to a business. SWS Lawyers advises our clients on how to navigate workplace disputes that may arise, including in relation to underpayment claims, bullying and harassment allegations and complaints. We also advise our clients on how to navigate performance management, including in the lead up to the termination of an underperforming employee’s employment.
Often, when an employee is causing issues in a workplace, an employer is faced with making the decision to terminate an employee’s employment. We advise our clients on how to most appropriately navigate this process and how to reduce the risk of any unfair dismissal or general protections claims. SWS Lawyers also represents our clients when a claim is made in the Fair Work Commission and in the Federal Court of Australia.
We provide advice to our clients in respect of redundancies, both in relation to individual employees and in the context of a business restructure, which results in widespread redundancies. SWS Lawyers advises our clients as to how to navigate what is a difficult and challenging process and to achieve the best outcome for the business going forward.
We understand that workplace disputes can be a problematic area for employers to navigate and can often arise unexpectedly. We work to provide our clients with clear and practical advice to resolve the matter as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Their approach is always professional and delivered at a standard comparable to a capital city law firm. It is the clear strategic direction that has always impressed me about the SWS team.
The knowledge SWS has about private equity and managing M&A deals is very valuable. David & Andrew were able to help me navigate the issues and get me the exit I was looking for, while also supporting the other shareholders who remained with the business.
We believe their ability to combine first rate legal expertise, commercial judgement and strong negotiating skills is rare amongst lawyers and provides us with a real competitive advantage in corporate transactions. We use SWS because of their ability, not their post code.
Extreme gratitude to David and Andrew for all your help with our transaction. You were both fantastic to deal with (as were the rest of the SWS team) and certainly made the negotiations and dealings easy to handle for us through the whole process. I would certainly have no hesitation at all recommending you for any future work. Again, I appreciate all your assistance.
The combination of rare legal expertise, commercial judgement and strong negotiating skills is rare amongst lawyers and provides us with a real competitive advantage in corporate transactions.
SWS has assisted with advice on securing and exercising complex property and commercial contractual rights and assisting with protracted contractual management and implementation. We value legal experts who can offer pragmatic and commercial legal solutions for our complicated matters. SWS Lawyers has consistently met these criteria.
The team at SWS Lawyers have already showcased their professionalism, commitment, positive can-do attitude and insight into our needs and have a clear understanding of the disability sector.
